The School of Architecture and Planning is housed in historic
Hayes and Crosby Halls on UB's South Campus. Our state-of-the-art
facilities and academic resources include the latest technology in
digital fabrication and computing to a specialized library for
architecture and planning.

The School of Architecture and Planning was created half a
century ago as a direct challenge to orthodox design education. We
live those original principles today, committed to architecture and
planning as interdisciplinary problem-solving enterprises, rooted
in social engagement, nourished by research-in-practice, animated
by making and doing, and committed to meeting the needs of clients,
communities, and society in an increasingly complex urban
world.

While medicine, law, and other professions have made
considerable progress, race and gender equity remains a major
concern in architecture and planning, and among the organizations
that oversee education and practice.

The School of Architecture and Planning and the University at
Buffalo offer a range of financial support opportunities for
students. Resources range from financial aid to scholarships to
student employment.

The School of Architecture and Planning, in partnership with the
university, our alumni, our faculty and staff, and our
philanthropic supporters, provides support to our undergraduate and
graduate students. In addition to tuition scholarships, stipends
for travel and supplies, and support for study abroad, our
students, like our faculty, are actively engaged in teaching,
research, and service—and are rewarded for their hard
work.

The Dean’s Council is a leadership group of friends of the
School of Architecture and Planning dedicated to raising
the global profile of the school and advancing its academic
programs and research enterprise. Members of the Dean’s
Council include distinguished alumni and leading
professionals, from firm executives to educators. As champions of
the School of Architecture and Planning, members leverage their
diverse expertise and leadership positions to forge new connections
and build the school's network of support.

The School of Architecture and Planning, in partnership with
local chapters of the American Institute of Architects and the
American Planning Association, has developed a Professional Mentor
Program for alumni and friends to share their experiences and
advice with current students.

Search job and internship opportunities in architecture and
planning. The following openings require varying levels of
education and experience and have been posted by employers on UB
Career Services' BullsEye system.

As a teacher, scholar and practitioner of architecture and
planning for more than 40 years, Robert (Bob) Shibley has dedicated
his career to advancing knowledge-based design and placemaking in
service to the public.

In recognition of his lifetime contributions to design
excellence for the public, the American Institute of Architects
presented Shibley with the prestigious 2014 Thomas Jefferson Award
for Public Architecture.

Shibley, FAIA, FAICP, has served as dean of the University at
Buffalo's School of Architecture and Planning since 2011, guiding
the school to a top
position in research generation among the nation’s
schools of architecture and planning. His tenure with UB dates back
to 1982, when he was recruited as a full professor and chair of the
Department of Architecture. He continues to hold professorships in
both architecture and urban planning.

In 1990, Shibley founded The Urban Design Project (UDP), a
university center for the study and critical practice of urban
design. Under his leadership, the center developed an international
award-winning ensemble of plans for the City of Buffalo’s
downtown, waterfront and Olmsted park system, and its city-wide
comprehensive plan. Rooted in conversations with 6,000 city
residents, the work has laid the foundation for Buffalo’s
current renaissance, spurring new investment and elevating public
expectations for design and planning.

In 2011, Shibley organized UDP’s alignment with the UB Regional
Institute (UBRI), a center for planning and policy research.
The joint enterprise, now branded under the UBRI name, has provided
research, public engagement and planning support for a new wave of
regional planning efforts, including the WNY Regional Economic
Development Council’s strategic plan and the subsequent
“Buffalo Billion” investment plan. Under his leadership
as principal investigator, UBRI has also guided the nationally
award winning “One Region Forward” initiative to
develop a federally recognized regional plan for sustainable
development in Erie and Niagara Counties. Stepping down from the
directorship in 2015, Shibley continues to develop scholarship as a
UBRI senior fellow, a role he has held since 2005.

The prestigious national honor celebrates Dean Shibley's
contributions to design and planning excellence in service to the
public, particularly to the City of Buffalo and its surrounding
region.

Prior to his appointment as dean, Shibley led the
development of UB 2020:
The Comprehensive Physical Plan as a
Senior Advisor to the President (2006-10). Now UB’s
Campus Architect, Shibley advises on implementation of
the plan, which calls for the construction of a
3.6-million-square-foot academic health center in downtown Buffalo
and the expansion of facilities across UB’s three-campus
footprint.Shibley has helped raise design standards for public
universities through international design competitions for
UB’s new $375 million downtown medical school and
the UB Solar Strand, a ground-mounted solar array and
land-art installation on UB’s North Campus. As chairman of
UB’s Environmental Stewardship
Committee, Shibley guided development
of UB's Climate Action Plan to achieve climate neutrality
by 2030.

Shibley has authored or co-authored 13 books - notably
including Placemaking: The Art and Science of Building
Community; Urban Excellence; and Time Savers
Standards for Urban Design - and more than 100 book
chapters, government publications and articles in the professional
and academic press. He is co-author of the
Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence, created in 1986
to honor great places.

UB's campus master plan, developed under the guidance of
Bob Shibley, is the physical manifestation of UB's strategic plan
toward prominence as a 21st century public research university.

Shibley is the recipient of a total of thirteen life-time
achievement awards including the national James
R. Haecker award for leadership in architectural research
from the Architectural Research Centers Consortium, the University
at Buffalo President’s Medal and the New York
State AIA 2014 Nelson Rockefeller Award for Public
Architecture. He is a fellow of both the American Institute of
Architects and the American Institute of Certified Planners. His
work has been recognized by the American Planning Association,
Congress for New Urbanism, International Economic Development
Council, Preservation League of New York State
and Progressive
Architecture magazine.

Throughout his career, Shibley has consulted
internationally in service of excellence in the professions and
design education, including commissions with with the American
Institute of Architects and appointments to the
Erie Canalways National Heritage Corridor Commission
and NYS Fire Prevention and Building Code Council. In his
previous roles with the U.S. Army’s Office of the Chief of
Engineers and the U.S. Department of
Energy, Shibley helped produce research-based design
guides, demonstration programs and curricula.

Shibley holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a
Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of
Oregon. He earned a Master of Architecture in Urban Design
from the Catholic University of America.